Southmont: PTO fundraiser planned

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Apr 5, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Southmont Elementary School will be holding a yard sale 7 a.m. April 13. Everyone is invited to participate. Spaces are $10 each and unlimited in number. Anyone interested in acquiring space should contact the school at 242-5800.

By Phil SurrattCorrespondent

Southmont Elementary School will be holding a yard sale 7 a.m. April 13. Everyone is invited to participate. Spaces are $10 each and unlimited in number. Anyone interested in acquiring space should contact the school at 242-5800. River Rats are looking for new membersThe River Rats will be holding a membership drive and cookout 4-7 p.m. Saturday at the Top of the Rock. Join both the River Rats and the Top of the Rock for $25 or just the River Rats for $10. The cook out is free to members. The River Rats is a charity organization that supports local children in need. Please come to the cook out, join the organization and help with this worthy cause. Gospel Jubilee set at area church April 20Macedonia United Methodist will have a Gospel Jubilee at 6 p.m. April 20. Hot dogs, chips and drinks will be served. In order to determine how much food to prepare, sign up sheets for the event will be located in the narthex and the desk outside the church office. For more information, contact Richard Blackwelder through the church at 798-3097. The church wants to remind everyone that the UMM will have pine needles available for your landscaping needs. The cost is $4 per bale for short leaf, $4.50 for long leaf. Call the church office at 798-3097 to place your order. Delivery is free in the Southmont area. The church will have a fellowship luncheon 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Spirit Hall. Come and enjoy lunch and good fellowship. The church will have a poor man's supper 4:30-7:30 p.m. April 16. The menu will consist of fatback, pinto beans, potatoes, greens, cabbage, cooked apples, corn bread and biscuits. Hot dogs will be available for kids and delicious desserts made by the ladies of the church for everyone. The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children. The church is still supporting the Nutritional Back Pack's program for our local elementary students in need. Items needed are: Ramen noodles, canned soup, saltine crackers, single servings of macaroni and cheese and granola bars. The program has been very successful. Please donate and help it remain successful. Southmont memoriesI remember many evenings watching Red Skelton on TV with my mom. We both often laughed hard enough to have tears in our eyes at his antics. There was Freddy Freeloader, Clem Kadiddlehopper, George Appleby and the seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliff. Mom rarely missed Red's show, and I so enjoyed that time with her. Looking back, the show was so clean compared to today's primetime. I believe that Ole' Red would be disappointed with the TV shows of today. He always ended his show with "Good Night and May God Bless," so I am ending my column in a similar way. May God Bless. Submit your memories or community news to southmontcolumn@yahoo.com.